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The Operator Panel rounded off #bofcon 2016 at Stamford Bridge, as three CEO’s spoke about getting the most out of the upcoming European Championships. The panel was made up of Simon Trim, CEO of Sporting Index, Mark Brosnan, CEO of Matchbook and Bernard Marantelli, CEO and Founder of Colossus Bets. All of the panellists spoke about the key focus they put …

The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) have confirmed that they received 48 alerts to suspicious betting and match-fixing during the first quarter of 2016. The figure is up by 31 from the same period in 2015, and includes one case from the Australian Open. None of the matches or players involved were named, but the TIU did confirm that one alert …

 A Bet A will launch MegaFan Manager for Euro 2016, a product which takes Fantasy Football into UK and Irish retail bookmaking for the first time. The service will allow customers from 1,000 shops to use their skill and knowledge of this summer’s Euro 2016 tournament to pick a team of 11 players with a fictional budget of £100m. Each …

Late last week the Gfinity app went live on the Xbox One store. The free tournament builder app will allow Xbox players to create and manage their own cups, leagues, ladders and competitions from their console. It’s a significant boost for the UK esports scene, and will have the added bonus of raising the profile of Gfinity’s own LAN tournaments …

Presenting its first London FTSE market update, GVC Holdings Plc described 2015 as a “momentous year for the company”, having completed its acquisition of bwin.party Entertainment assets in December 2015 (deal officially closed 1 February). Reporting on full-year 2015 results (period ending 31 December), GVC recorded a 10% increase in Net Gaming Revenues (NGR) to €248 million. GVC governance was …

Microgaming have announced the release of Win Sum Dim Sum, a new game for its collection. The slot, which is available in 20 languages, will be released across all platforms to Microgaming and Quickfire operators on 4th May 2016. Neill Whyte, Head of Product Channels at Microgaming, commented: “May’s game release pairs trusted game features with a fun theme set for global appeal. This game adds …

Throughout the month April FTSE-listed bookmaker William Hill has been raising awareness of bowel cancer disease in partnership with UK charity the Bobby Moore Fund. Working closely with the Moore family, William Hill has acted as official sponsor of UK campaign ‘Football Shirt Friday’. The bookmakers has been running the campaign in shops and its offices to highlight the symptoms …

Updating investors and media on Ladbrokes Q1 2016 performance, CEO Jim Mullen fired shots at rivals for offering costly customer incentives at Cheltenham 2016. This year’s festival was deemed ‘the worst Cheltenham in living memory” as UK and Irish bookmakers lost millions to punters who made easy cash-ins on multiple winning favourites. Industry analysts have calculated the cost of Cheltenham …

BetConstruct have announced the launch of Colossus football jackpot pools on BetConstruct’s Spring platform. Initially launched with one of its partners, VBet.com, the collaboration with Colossus Bets ensures that over €70,000,000 of football jackpots will be available to VBet and other BetConstruct partners during Euro 2016 alone. Vahe Baloulian, CEO of BetConstruct, said: “Adding Colossus Bets pool products to our …